n.量；數(shù)量；大量

This company is more concerned with quality than with quantity. 這家公司對質(zhì)量比對產(chǎn)量更重視。

He ate a small quantity of rice. 他吃了少量的米飯。

It was a bad year for films, in terms of both quantity and quality. 今年的電影無論從數(shù)量上還是質(zhì)量上都說不上好。

In our work quality counts for as much as quantity. 在我們的工作中，質(zhì)量跟數(shù)量同等重要。

quantity既可用于可數(shù)名詞也可用于不可數(shù)名詞，如a quantity of flowers和a quantity of water。

quantity的基本意思是“數(shù)量”,是正式用語。作與質(zhì)量相對而言的“數(shù)量”解時是不可數(shù)名詞,指事物的“量”或“總數(shù)量”時是可數(shù)名詞。quantity強調(diào)大批計量,含有準確測量的意味。

quantity不能用much, less等表示“多少”意義的詞修飾,可用large, great, small等表示“大小”意義的詞修飾。

a (large〔great〕) quantity of或quantities of的意思是“大量”,其后均可跟不可數(shù)名詞或復(fù)數(shù)名詞。在句中作主語時, a quantity of接不可數(shù)名詞時,謂語動詞用單數(shù)形式,接可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)時,謂語動詞用復(fù)數(shù)形式; quantities of修飾不可數(shù)名詞或可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)時,謂語動詞都用復(fù)數(shù)形式。

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